The two novels were later reprinted as part of the Twist of Faith omnibus.

When asked why the crew of the USS Enterprise were also featured in Avatar, Marco Palmieri commented: "It's fun. It's a bonus. It's relevant to the story, and it has echoes of "Emissary", which is fitting for what I think as a new beginning for DS9". [1]

Palmieri would later regret releasing Avatar as two books instead of one, noting that "it was plotted as two novels, and I really believed the execution would bear that out [...] but I can see now that it should have been a single book.". (Voyages of Imagination, p. 259)